Maintenance

Useful Articles

Preventing Irregular Wear on Wide-Base TiresBy Jim Park
Do wide-base single tires wear differently than standard tires in dual assemblies? We address that question and give tips on how proper care of your wide-base single tires can improve their life and ROI.

Maintaining S-Cam Foundation BrakesBy Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
S-cam drum brakes are a familiar sight to every wheel-end technician in the North American trucking industry. These preventive maintenance guidelines can elevate the effectiveness of regular brake jobs.

When the Road Meets the RubberBy Jim Park
Irregular or accelerated tire wear is annoying and expensive, but there's something else eating away at your expensive assets: the pavement itself.

Keeping Diesel Fuel CleanBy Deborah Lockridge
If you don’t take steps to keep diesel fuel clean, it can degrade your fuel economy, damage expensive fuel system components and cause downtime. That’s never been more important than today.

Maintenance News

TruckPro Acquires Power Train Service
TruckPro has completed the purchase of Power Train Service, a provider of heavy-duty aftermarket truck parts, fleet maintenance, remanufacturing, and mobile repair services.

Accuride Increases Second Quarter ProfitBy Evan Lockridge
Truck component manufacturer Accuride achieved record profitability in the second quarter of the year and a big improvement from the first quarter.

EPA Sues Navistar, Says Some Engines Were IllegalBy Tom Berg
Because 7,750 engines were not fully assembled in 2009 but in 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency says Navistar should have obtained an exemption in the form of a certificate of compliance, but didn’t.

Peterbilt’s SmartLinq in Production
Peterbilt's new SmartLinq remote diagnostics technology is in production, a factory-installed system on all trucks equipped with Paccar MX-13 engines.